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The Thursday wrapThursday, August 6, 2009 Spendaholic Barack: CBS News reports that "so rapid is the pace of deficit spending by the federal government that the national debt has increased (by more than) a trillion dollars since President Obama took office." To put this in perspective, that's a $1 trillion-plus increase in just under seven months. The deficit increased under George W. Bush by $4.9 trillion in eight years. You do the math. Then cringe. Confessions of an architect: You probably never heard of Claude Castonguay. He's the fella who designed Canada's government-run health care program. And it's a monumental...